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package org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.persistence.api.metadata.orm;

import org.netbeans.api.java.source.JavaSource;

/**
 *
 * @author Andrei Badea
 */
public interface EntityMappingsMetadata {

    public EntityMappings getRoot();

    /**
     * Returns a {@link JavaSource} which allows to use the Java Source API
     * to retrieve information about the entity classes in the model. This method
     * can return a new Java Source upon each invocation, so callers are
     * encouraged to cache the returned object.
     *
     * @return a <code>JavaSource</code> object; never null.
     */
    public JavaSource createJavaSource();
}
